The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

Reaper's Bones 6 KS just started - I can't wait to read the comments section. I have a bucket of popcorn on one side of me and a bucket of soapy water on the other to wash the blood off my boots, lol.

Ohhh I have never read the comment section of a Bones KS before...

 

[el-remmen]

Over the years I have lost count of the number of professors who looked down on me, thinking that almost literally anyone could do my job, only to find out that their computer was "dead" because it was either unplugged, or the power bar was turned off.

My wife who was an administrator in a couple of different academic departments at NYU calls it "PhD syndrome." The further along a person is in their field and specialization, the less capable they are of some common tasks and/or tact. Thus, a distinguished professor might not change their clothes for several weeks or forget that paper clips exist and then get very irritated at papers that don't stay together or run out of TP and rather than ask for or order more simply walk around with stinky ass.

 

[darjr]

I knew one professor who was stunned to learn that cigarette ash doesn’t just evaporate.

 

[Ryujin]

My wife who was an administrator in a couple of different academic departments at NYU calls it "PhD syndrome." The further along a person is in their field and specialization, the less capable they are of some common tasks and/or tact. Thus, a distinguished professor might not change their clothes for several weeks or forget that paper clips exist and then get very irritated at papers that don't stay together or run out of TP and rather than ask for or order more simply walk around with stinky ass.

In one job, related to PC design, I worked with an absolutely brilliant engineer, who virtually did multi-layer board layouts in his head. He couldn't format a floppy disk to save his life and OS installations were beyond (beneath?) him.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I have never used the Laughing Emoji reaction to mock a post, because I firmly believe that it's just not okay to do that, but boy, have I gotten close to doing just that today. Multiple times.

 

[darjr]

I have never used the Laughing Emoji reaction to mock a post, because I firmly believe that it's just not okay to do that, but boy, have I gotten close to doing just that today. Multiple times.

I wasn’t mocking. I admit I didn’t laugh with joy or agreement but with irony and incredulity.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I wasn’t mocking. I admit I didn’t laugh with joy or agreement but with irony and incredulity.

Sorry, I'm not trying to judge anyone. It's just my own personal "code" after I've had a few . . . sour experiences with other people using the reaction in a bad way. It's just something I personally strive for, while realizing that others might place the line somewhere else. (You know, someone who doesn't know what they're talking about ranting about protecting the legacy of D&D, or whatever nonsense.)

 

[Parmandur]

I wasn’t mocking. I admit I didn’t laugh with joy or agreement but with irony and incredulity.

Yeah, I laugh react when I laugh IRL.

 

[Bolares]

I have never used the Laughing Emoji reaction to mock a post, because I firmly believe that it's just not okay to do that, but boy, have I gotten close to doing just that today. Multiple times.

you are a better person than me... well... you were. Come to the dark side

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

you are a better person than me... well... you were. Come to the dark side

Do you have free donuts? Oooh! Or bags of dice!?!